Swinging evener-board for binding-machines.



C. F. McBEE. SWINGING EVENER BOARD FOR BINDING MACHINES. APPLICATIONFILED NOV. 4. 19 |2.

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SWINGING EVENER-BOARD FOR BINLDING-1V.[ACI-1Il\TES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

Application filed November 4, 1912. Serial No. 729,291.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES F. MoBnn, acitizen of the United States, residing in Athens, county of Athens, andState of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in SwingingEvener-Boards for Binding-Machines, of which the following is aspecification. I

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, convenient, andeasily operated means for evening the forward ends of loose leaves in anassembly box for a binding machine, the assembly box being of the classwhich forms a part of the binding machine and it being necessary toprovide therefor a swinging evener board which may be moved out of theway when the binding is being perfected.

My invention consists of the details of construction hereinafter setforth, pointed out in my claim and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings in which Figure I shows a front elevation view of my devicesecured to a binding machine, and Fig. 11 shows a perspective view ofthe same, the dotted lines showing the evener board opened from itshinges.

Referring to the accompanying drawings the reference numeral 10 is usedto indicate a binding machine provided with a base, which extendsforward between the standards which are designed to support the drillingapparatus, and on one of said standards I have provided two outwardlyextending lugs 11 and 12, the lug 11 having an upwardly projecting stubshaft 13 and the lug 12 having a downwardly projecting stub shaft 1 f,said lugs being in vertical alinement. On the opposite standard of thebinding machine 1 have mounted two outwardly extending lugs '15 and 16,each being provided with an upwardly projecting stub shaft, 17 and 18respectively, said lugs being in vertical alinement with each other andspaced to receive their respective orifices in cars 19 and 20,respectively, extending outwardly from the evener board 21, when theevener board is in position to operate for that purpose. The said evenerboard 21, is also provided on its opposite end with cars 22 and 23, ineachof which is an orifice, designed to be received by the stub shafts13 and 14 respectively by means of which the evener board is hinged tothe machine.

The space between the ears 22 and 23, by construction, is less than thedistance from the upper surface of the lug 11 to the lower end of thestub shaft 14 and also the said space between the ears is less than thedistance between the lower surface of the lug l2 and the upper end ofthe stub shaft 13, thus obviously providing a hinge bearing for myevener board from which the evener board may be raised and lowered, fora limited distance, but from which it cannot be removed. The position ofthe lugs 15 and 16 on their standard is such that when the said evenerboard is raised the orifices in the ears 19 and 20 will be above theirrespective stub shafts and when the said evener board is lowered theywill be engaged, and held in place, by said stub shafts at which time,by construction of the parts, the evener board will be in properrelative position to the binding machine to operate for the purpose ofevening the forward ends of the papers to be bound. When the papers havebeen evened and perforated, the evener board is raised off of the stubshafts 17 and 18 and swung outwardly from its hinge and thus removedfrom the path of the binding process.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States is:

In a binding machine, the combination with vertical standards, of anevener board consisting of a rectangular body member, longitudinal facemembers secured to the upper and lower edges of said body mem bers, andextending equal distances beyond the vertical edges of said body member,the extending portions being provided with bearing openings, lugs on onestandard extending away from one another and engaging the projectingportions of said face members on one end of said body member so as topermit a limited vertical movement of the latter, and lugs on theopposite stand ard extending in the same direction to be removablyengaged by the projecting portions of the face members on the oppositeend of the body member.

CHARLES F. MoBEE.

Witnesses H. C. CAMERON, CnAs. E. CAMERON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

